"I never heard such a thing in my life.

What was it that pushed you back ?" "I don't know," replied the boy deliberately.

"I only know that something did.

And as the lane is very narrow, and enclosed by excessively steep banks, the chances are that I should have met the dog in it, and that the dog would have bitten me and given me hydrophobia.

And now you know as much as I do myself." "I can't tell what to think, I'm sure," said Aunt Charlotte.